.----- Chap. r r. % Ex o rtion upon'. the Bad of O g, p f T Verf. 2, Manywords, and tholefullof lies and f orn mush be un- dertakenandanfwered; no Haan canor ought to hold hispeace, when he heareth fuch difcourfes ; But thyanfwer isfullof words , and as fullof lies andp,,r,; amaru- fcorne : brutal' agit Therefore lmull undertake thee , I mug anfwer. aeuleatius. Thus Zoploar prefléth uponhis friend withviolence, ifnot with ..ce virulence and fowerneffe of fpirit : handling himmore roughly, repre endt a'*' and pouring moregall and vineger into his wends then his for- cries quash mer Antagonifls had done. As his fpirit grew warmer , fo did his cætcri inca!ef; words ; and in hear of arguing he comes very near unto re- celteu: fit tie 'tiling. , certamene. ani.. Verfe z. Shouldnot 'the multitude of tii ut tr f words bean wired , eonvitiis nog The multitude ofwords.] Zophar taxeth rob , as over-có ious p,tneat.Rte,Io in- language , as a man given to talk , and affeaing to hear himfelf . ï e7 fpeak. Eloquence of fpeech or elocution, is an excellent gift ofr m,trc ve,. i. God ; but verbofity, and a love to flow out continually at the bolus. tongue , is the vanity of man r at once, a fin in the fpeaker, and a P o,IaBy burden to the hearers. Paul was taxed for this at Athens, Aet.r7. mel , w The Athenians were thegreat wits ofthe world, makers ofelo- PsrHgí,rcuc tú_ quence, and when Paul came amongff them , they encountred v,';, vetpmts.. him , and fome Paid What will this bubler, this fower ófwordsfay? n2 'r A. ' 'WV verf.I 8. So force give the notation of the Greek word, though o- Ptrtd,gj,,qua- thers,with better reafon,take it,as an allufion to little birds,which fi fèraini legal pick up the feed fown, and being ofnogreat ufe either for meat dicas quad fa-,' or mulick are yet troublefome enough with unceflánt immelo to i:s ágru de dious,chirpings. Such an one thole Philofophers cenfured Pau, pl;:. n,,patze This man fpeaks many words, but he makes no mufick, no ear is ctttis fumpta, f takenwith him, nor underftanding enrichedby him. Though all we qua negtee peak j s in words , yet we mu l l f peakme re thenwords, mnguepere J t I ¡hall lay down five particulars , whereby we may difcern, Í q 'Jai fugue when multitude of words are finfull or when there is a multi- tudeoffins in a multitude of words :.It is poflible to fpeak manypeene f1s ene¡_ words, and all few enough and no fin at all in them. They are kit liezao finfull, I. When wordsVare unprofitable, light, vain, frothy; words that have no nourífhment in them : for as meat is to the palate, fo are -words to the ear, to the underf}anding. Words are the breadoftheminde. Some words are nothing but winde, there's E a o
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